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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR5543

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:07 | Tran: 23:55 | Set: 0:42
Alt: -76.42°   Az: 1.18°   Direction: North

HR5543 is a giant star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5543 visual magnitude is 5.03. Because of its faintness, HR5543 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of HR5543 star
DSS2 image of HR5543. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5543 during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 54m 27s
-37° 54’ 21”
12h 01m 24s
02h 55m 51s

J2000

14h 52m 51s
-37° 48’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

327.93°
19.11°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5543.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.03
Giant

-0.33
B7III
12692K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5543 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5543. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5543 is distant 383.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

117.79
383.98
6 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
-0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO206037
SAO206037

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5543 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.9°
Max altitude: 0.6°
Azimuth: 232.1°